The third 'Fantastic Beasts' movie finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality front and center — nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling first revealed he's gay
In , "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling made a remark that would echo in the franchise's fandom for years to come. Speaking at Carnegie Hall that year, she said that she had "always idea of Dumbledore as gay" — and that the relationship between him and his teenage comrade Gellert Grindelwald had been romantic.
Since then, Dumbledore's sexuality has only explicitly existed outside of any of the franchise's main properties, and Rowling's words had never been confirmed on screen. She hinted in that the character's queerness would play a role in the "Fantastic Beasts" films, telling reporters to "watch this space," Time Magazine reported at the time.
Almost fifteen years after Rowling first confirmed Dumbledore's sexuality, it's finally made it to the big screen.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
J.K. Rowling&#;s proclamation that Albus Dumbledore was same-sex attracted is usually contrasted with her trans-exclusionism, in the video essays and articles I have consumed on the topic, though her resistance to showing him as such in the Fantastic Beasts is seen as part of her journey to the shadowy side. In hindsight, I think rather the tragic celibate gay man should have been foreshadowing of her queerphobia, given the parallels with homophobic propaganda in conservative christian spheres.
Let us use this nature as a magical introduction to the key role queer people are made to play in their own oppression, within purity culture. And why asexuality may serve as a long-awaited Finite.
I have examine Harry Potter more often than I&#;ve read the bible. As a teen, I could quote the books the way thoughtful bible-thumpers could pull out a verse for every occasion. It is our choices that make us who we are was the millenial confession of self-determination in the confront of our elder
Is Dumbledore Gay? Albus' Relationship With Grindelwald Explained
Summary
Albus Dumbledore's sexuality was confirmed by J.K. Rowling in , exposing that he had a romantic affair with Gellert Grindelwald.
The Fantastic Beasts movies did not explicitly approve Dumbledore's gay persona, disappointing some fans who were hoping for more visibility.
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series on Max may have an opportunity to properly portray Dumbledore as openly gay, without the need for ambiguity or censorship.
Harry Potter's Wizarding World is packed of secrets, of which many hold been revealed and confirmed by J.K. Rowling over the years, including Albus Dumbledore's sexual orientation — so, is Dumbledore gay, and what is his relationship with Gellert Grindelwald? Back in , Rowling introduced readers to the Wizarding World through her debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Even though the Harry Potter series came to an end in (and in the case of the film saga), the Wizarding World continued its expansion thanks to other works.
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The Controversy
Harry Potter is a pop-culture juggernaut. The books are the best-selling English-language series in history and the film franchise is third all-time (behind only the MCU and Star Wars). The logo has even expanded into several immensely popular “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme parks. In evidence, twenty-two years after its release, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was still the 3rd extreme selling book on Amazon last year. Arguably no fictional books in history have had as spacious a reach or as deep a cultural impact (although Mr. Tolkien may rightly beg to differ).
The series has always been a lightning rod for controversy. Some hold condemned it as promoting witchcraft and sought to ban it from general schools. In recent years, however, the series has become the scene for another controversy; one that stems from a most unexpected source: the sexuality of Professor Albus Dumbledore.
For the non-Potterheads, Dumbledore is the wise and endearingly quirky headmaster of Hogwarts (the wizarding university where the story takes place). The